You've done it now Steve. Now Pops is going to try to keep up with the sexy model in a build thread thing. In fact, last night he gathered some of his groupies in front of his shop preparing for a shoot....................
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You've done it now Steve. Now Pops is going to try to keep up with the sexy model in a build thread thing. In fact, last night he gathered some of his groupies in front of his shop preparing for a shoot....................
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Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter
That's hard on the eyes early in the morning:eek::eek::D
Way beyond hard on the eyes!!!! Just plain sick!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by NTFDAY
Oh geeeeeez......................there goes the neighborhood.:eek: And this thread was going so well too.:LOL:
Don
Sheez i didnt realise Don liked the larger lady.
Shade down there in Florida is hard to come by.
Wow with friends like Bob we all will end up blind and shivering in the looney bin! I wonder if he has contracted a computer virus of sorts that ruins good female pictures! :)
Don with the 8" rear on, and no rear radiator setup, the tri-link suspension is now a go?
Charlie got half of it, Pops favorite phrase is: "Shade in the summer, warmth in the winter, um um good!!"Quote:
Originally Posted by roadster32
There is another saying that goes with that but I won't post it. HAHAHA
Wouldn't have anything to do with rolling in flour would it?:eek::LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by cffisher
That one too but I was referring to an atic and quilt
Funny enough this young lady walked past my place today and suggested my fire extinguisher would be better placed on the wall inside, what do you guys think ???
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...stuff/FIRE.jpg
If she's "hanging" around who cares about the extinguisher
That one is the antidote for Bob's 4 Girlfriends. :LOL: You don't need a fire extinquisher, you need a cold shower. :p
No, Steve, I think fourbar.
Don
I am surprised the fire extinguisher hasn't emptied itself.................:D
What fire Extinguisher???
That was my next question..Quote:
Originally Posted by 34_40
See what you have started now Steve and just because you could, you did, and now not only do we have Uncle Bob looking for new models, poor Don is to embarrassed to show himself encase he gets mobbed by those four beauties.:D
Yep, after that last photo... There was a fire extinguisher?
Don't worry Whip i got a pic of that girls sister just for Don
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...tuff/fatty.jpg
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Originally Posted by Whiplash23T
Ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Started fettling the door skins last night, with a bit of trimming they more or less went straight on, Held in place with a few small screws at the moment, hopefully bond them on tomorrow. Just a bit of gapping needed and we should be good to go.
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Oh man!!!!!! That'll put Pops in the hospital with heart palpatations.........his dream come true!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by roadster32
Steve,what you accomplish in your front garden/driveway amazes me. You will have a well sorted car before you even get it into your workshop. I must add also what a fantastic finish on that body that tells me that the mould must be in good condition. Oh how is the '26 coming along ??
Thanks Whip, Now that you mention it quite a few people have mentioned the building on the driveway thing, To be honest i don't see it any different to working in the workshop, the only bug bear is you get stuck if it rains.
It obviously helps to have my workshop at the end of the garden but its really not a big deal, infact i enjoy it :)
Regarding the mould, Its not absolutely perfect but in my opinion its the best one we have in the UK, The problem with getting a decent mould of any Willys body is that they were not a well put together car from new, I've studied a couple of steel cars over here and some of the panel fit and door fit is aweful, but thats how they were.
I'm still doing bits on the 26T inbetween this and regular work, I've got the short motor all built up and i'm currently in the middle of doing the flow work & porting on the heads which is taking a while, so nothing interesting to photograph i'm afraid.
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Originally Posted by Whiplash23T
Been looking around for door handles & window winders but couldn't find anything suitable so decided to make some, found some offcuts of 1" round stainless and a few bits of 3/16" stainless plate, These are similair to my 26T handles but more simple which fits in with the car.
First job was to turn up and bore out the 1" bar for the handle bases.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...S/219043c3.jpg
Next i needed to get the hole square to match the square shafts, a bit of 2mm stainless sheet was cut up and folded round a bit of square bar, then the joint was welded.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...S/5e7069a5.jpg
Next the square tube was pressed into the bored out are of the handle bases.
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Next job was to weld them in. Then they went back in the lathe to be faced off.
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Heres the handles finished, they just need polishing to finish.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...t13th20112.jpg
:cheers:
Nice handles.
Working stainless for 32 years now and still never figured out how to drill a square hole.
Nice tip.
Glad it helped you bud, thanks
I need to get these doors done & dusted as i want to paint them and get them over to my mate the Bigbossman Ian, he is a signwriter extrordinaire and is the best i've ever seen and he has offered to do all the writing on the Willys but he wants to take the doors home and do them there.
This is the logo i intend to run on my doors, everybody said i should use my own Rodshop name but as this is a fun car i wanted to do something a little different.
I suggested Bubba Gumps Speed Shop and Ian done the rest, the car will be a blue like the pickup below, and the Shrimp in the logo the colour of the one below.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...BubbaGumps.jpg
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Should look really nice, Steve---Got to have something painted or lettered on the doors or it just isn't a gasser!!!!
Your dead right DAVE. They look kinda odd without the door lettering I think
hey Steve , you sure you don't want a picture of one of either Don's or Uncle Bob's lady friends on the door of the Willy's after all you did say it is a fun car:HMMM:
:eek::eek::eek: Don & Bob can keep them Whip :LOL:
Steve that's fantastic! I was recently in Monterey where they now have Bubba Gump's Seafood restaurants! Great movie too. I think the hotrod shrimp is great. Reminds me of the hot rod woody the wood pecker!
http://s4.hubimg.com/u/480739_f520.jpg
Funnily enough the Clay Smith woodpecker was something i had as an example in my mind Steve.
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Originally Posted by stovens
Finally picked up a pair of trail plates for the handles/locks, big thank you to my friend Paul Nichols (morris460) who donated them.
First job was to make up some solderless nipples as i'm using stainless cables to link them to the locks, I welded a nipple to each trail plate arm to accept the cable.
The lock arm already has an arm ready to accept the cable nipple.
It all works real nice.
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Hell Steve, something so simple and you make artwork out of it and and giving me another idea of how or what I may be able to do with the door catches on my bucket.
That's great info, Steve. This will help a lot of guys with similar issues. (me, for instance)
Simple and efficient, I love your common sense approach, IMHO, it's what makes your build threads so interesting.
Steve,
Ditto on the great info. I am disappointed however that you didn't make that socket head lock screw out of stainless.:rolleyes:;):LOL:
Jack.